No Better, No Worse, Just Different- may 2026
- Samantha Hittle
- May 24
- 4 min read
Oh my goodnesssss- it's May!! Happy first Monday of the month, everyone!!
How are you?! How's this email finding you? If it's finding you anywhere but peaceful, relaxed and cozy, that's toOooOotally okay, BUT before we go any further... relax your jaw, take a sip of water, and get a few deep breaths in. No need to rush here, you beautiful, hardworking human!!
Okay, now that we're all fully present and soft through the face- every month this newsletter grows and grows. I'm just continuously amazed at the way this community shows up, craves depth and wants to connect with each other and themselves more and more! I see each and every one of you- and it means more than you know to offer my sessions, whatever insight I might have, or even just my silly, messy self. Thank you as always, for letting me just pour out my love into this weird, yet comforting at times, internet world.
Nothing too wild in this month's newsletter! Really trying to keep things sweet and simple these days. Life is moving so, so quickly. I'm doing my absolute best to not let the little moments slip. April kicked off beach yoga season and my heart is so happy to be back on familiar ground doing something that feels a bit like second nature. Over those last 2 sessions, 77 humans decided it was worthy enough of their precious time to come join in. Like holy molyyyyy. I don't know if I'll ever get over the feeling that gives me (& I hope also gives each of you who joined!).
I'm ebbing and flowing big time. That's what provoked the theme of this newsletter. This time last year I had just gotten to a tiny, tiny coastline in Sumatra, Indonesia where I was about to spend some of the best 7 weeks of my life. To say the least. that's not exactly what I'm doing currently. But it's not better nor worse. It's just different. I've been practicing saying exactly that, without reaching for a reason or a silver lining, or an explanation. Just letting it be what it is. I know most of ya'll have had experiences like this. Maybe life before children, a previous relationship, an old job, a college experience, the best friend you were glued at the hip to. That kind of "old life" feeling.
Honestly, accepting what life looks like now is harder than it sounds (but I think we all know this). We're so conditioned to rank our experiences, to measure where we are against where we were, to decide if the change counts as progress or loss. But what if it's neither? What if some seasons are just different, and that's the whole story? And kind of the whole point.
Our practices, routines and rituals might look different than they did a year ago. The way we show up for ourselves might look different. Some things we used to swear by, we've quietly set down, and some things we never expected are now the most grounding parts of our days. We used to feel like we needed to justify that, like changing meant we had been wrong before. But I don't think that's true . I think it just means we're paying attention, we're observing, we're listening, prioritizing, adapting and evolving.
This is what growth actually looks like, I think. Not some dramatic transformation that's romanticized on social media or made to seem like it happens overnight. Not a before and after. Just a slow, honest becoming. showing up, Noticing, adjusting, and trusting that the version of us that exists right now is exactly right for this moment, even if this version looks a little (or a heck of a lot) different than the one we planned on. It's still us though. Sitting at the core is still the truest, most authentic version of each of us, we're just every day living closer and closer in alignment with that truth.
So I guess what I'm getting at is, I hope we keep saying "different." Because it means growth, it means we've lived and we've experienced- and shooot, that's the greatest gift of all! I hope "different" becomes one of the kindest words in our vocabulary and we continue offering ourselves the grace and permission to truly embody it.
There's a lot of good stuff in this newsletter- please enjoy it al!! I shared something I'm really proud of with the upcoming retreat I'm hosting. I'd love for you to check that out and let me know your honest thoughts. I recognize I do things differently than other yoga teachers. But I have soooo soo much love to give, I sometimes don't know what to do with it. But I just keep leaning into the truth that I know is real within me, even if the outside world sometimes says, "me, me, me" "money, money, money" "compete, compete, compete"
I'm cheering you on big time this month.
Thank you so much for being here and for being you!
Let's make it a month of abundance <3
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